Rudolf Henning

Following on yesterdays post about creating a host the next step is to create a host instance. This sample create the instance and start it as well.

Here is the code:

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using System;
using System.Management;

namespace CreateStartHostInstance
{
    class AddStartHostInstance
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string bts_WMINameSpace;
            string bts_ServerAppTypeNameSpace;
            string bts_HostInstanceNameSpace;
            string user;
            string pwd;
            string hostName;
            string serverName;

            bts_ServerAppTypeNameSpace = "MSBTS_ServerHost";
            bts_HostInstanceNameSpace = "MSBTS_HostInstance";
            // WMI NameSpace for BizTalk Server
            bts_WMINameSpace = @"root\MicrosoftBizTalkServer";

            try
            {
                if (args.Length < 4)
                {
                    ShowHelp();
                }
                else if (args[0] == "-?" || args[0] == "/?" || args[0] == "/h" || args[0] == "/h")
                {
                    ShowHelp();
                }
                else
                {
                    hostName = args[0];
                    serverName = args[1];
                    user = args[2];
                    pwd = args[3];

                    PutOptions options = new PutOptions();
                    options.Type = PutType.CreateOnly;
                    ManagementObject bts_AdminObjectServerHost = null;
                    ManagementObject bts_AdminObjectHostInstance = null;
                    System.Management.ObjectGetOptions bts_objOptions = new ObjectGetOptions();
                    // Creating instance of BizTalk Host.
                    ManagementClass bts_AdminObjClassServerHost = new ManagementClass(bts_WMINameSpace, bts_ServerAppTypeNameSpace, bts_objOptions);
                    bts_AdminObjectServerHost = bts_AdminObjClassServerHost.CreateInstance();
                    // Make sure to put correct Server Name,username and // password
                    bts_AdminObjectServerHost["ServerName"] = serverName;
                    bts_AdminObjectServerHost["HostName"] = hostName;
                    bts_AdminObjectServerHost.InvokeMethod("Map", null);

                    ManagementClass bts_AdminObjClassHostInstance = new ManagementClass(bts_WMINameSpace, bts_HostInstanceNameSpace, bts_objOptions);
                    bts_AdminObjectHostInstance = bts_AdminObjClassHostInstance.CreateInstance();
                    // Make Sure you correct HostName and MachineName for HostInstance name,
                    bts_AdminObjectHostInstance["Name"] = "Microsoft BizTalk Server " + hostName + " " + serverName;

                    object[] objparams = new object[3];
                    objparams[0] = user;
                    objparams[1] = pwd;
                    objparams[2] = true;
                    bts_AdminObjectHostInstance.InvokeMethod("Install", objparams);
                    Console.WriteLine("Host instance created successfully!");
                    bts_AdminObjectHostInstance.InvokeMethod("Start", null);
                    Console.WriteLine("Host instance started successfully!");
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {

                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
            }
        }

        private static void ShowHelp()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Usage: CreateStartHostInstance.exe <HostName> <ServerName> <UserName> <Password>");
        }
    }
}
 

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